Hundreds rally for gun rights at Zebulon steakhouse

AFTER THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY

SHOOTING.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT A

POSSIBLE INFRINGEMENT.

KEVIN WAS THERE.

THERE WAS PLEA TO LAWMAKERS

TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: THIS PARKING LOT

WAS FILLED WITH CARS, INSIDE

FILLED WITH PEOPLE.

THIS GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATION

CALLS ITSELF A GROUP OF FIVE

COUNTY BIPARTISAN PATRIOTS.

THEY HAD QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS

ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

>> AN EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED

TO ORDER.

THEY WERE EXPECTING 60 PEOPLE.

MORE THAN 400 SHOWED UP.

SOME HAD TO LISTEN FROM OUTSIDE

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE EXPRESSING

CONCERNS ABUT THE SECOND

AMENDMENT AND THEIR RIGHT TO

KEEP WEAPONS.

THREE LOCAL SHERIFFS ANSWERED

QUESTIONS AND AT TIMES IT WAS

HEATED LIKE THE STEAK AND

POTATOES CONCERNED.

>> YOU GOT TO KNOW THIS,

THOUGH.

I DON'T CARE HOW FUNDAMENTAL A

RIGHT IS, NO RIGHT IS ABSOLUTE.

>> WRONG.

WRONG.

>> WHEN LAWS ARE PASSED IN

STATES SUCH AS NEW YORK THAT

ARE COMPLETELY AGAINST THE

SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND, THAT

THE STATE'S LAW DOES NOT

OVERRIDE WHAT WE'RE INHERENTLY

GIVEN.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

>> IT IS MAN'S LAW.

>> HOLD UP.

WAIT A MINUTE.

>> YOU ASKED ME TO EXPLAIN.

I'M TRYING.

>> THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS

ABOUT.

>> THE TERMINOLOGY IS HAVING A

LOT OF AFFECT ON THIS AND I SAW

REPORT TONIGHT ON WRAL.

>> WE HAVE GOT PROBLEMS AND WE

NEED YOUR SUPPORT JUST LIKE

YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY NEW

INFORMATION.

>> THE WAKE, THE FRANKLIN, THE

WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF AS WELL AS

OTHER MEMBERS OF LAW

ENFORCEMENT WERE HERE TO ANSWER

QUESTIONS.

THEY ANSWERED AS BEST THEY

COULD.

THEY ENCOURAGE THE THIS

PASSIONATE CROWD TO SHOW THIS

SAME PASSION WHEN TALKING TO

STATE AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS.

>> HOW IS SECURITY IN THAT

ROOM?

I SAW THE THREE SHERIFFS THERE.

WAS THERE A BIG SECURITY

PRESENCE?

>> THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE

SECURITY PRESENCE.

THEY WERE OUTSIDE AS YOU CAN

IMAGINE, THERE AS WANT

OVERFLOW.

A LOT OF FOLKS WERE IN THE

PARKING LOT AS WELL AND THOSE

MEMBERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT,

SEVERAL SHERIFFS AND OTHERS WHO

WERE EN SIDE THE ROAD THAT HELD

THE MEETING.

>> SO THE DEBATE WE'LL HAVE FOR

DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME.